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Vogue's attempt to airbrush its reputation in schools is transparent | Holly Baxterhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/05/vogue-airbrush-reputation-schools
A video and lesson plan sent out to schools indicating that photoshoot images aren't real simply says 'it's not us, it's you'<p>How much time and effort goes into a good photograph? Ask a teenager today and they'll give a more savvy answer than their parents ever could. This is the Facebook generation, after all, who were weaned on the flattering selfie and smartphones' built-in editing tools. It's fair to assume that these children know an airbrushing tool from an auto-enhance.</p><p>Nevertheless, Vogue magazine is "revealing" the (often literal) smoke and mirrors behind its own photography by sending out a <a href="http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/lifestyle/story/british-vogue-tells-teens-fashion-shoots-arent-real-20130905" title="">video and lesson plan this week to secondary schools</a>, in an education drive that details each stage of a fashion magazine photo shoot. Admittedly, this process goes further than the average profile picture. Makeup artists, photographers, stylists, models and creative directors are interviewed – just a handful of the 20 professionals who take three hours to craft one image. The message is hit home continually that the resultant picture bears very little relation to reality: so far, so obvious. And I'm sad to say that the whole thing leaves me very cold.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/05/vogue-airbrush-reputation-schools">Continue reading...</a>FashionLife and styleMagazinesNewspapers & magazinesMediaWomenSchoolsEducationUK newsThu, 05 Sep 2013 15:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/05/vogue-airbrush-reputation-schoolsPhotograph: Rex Features'Alexandra Shulman is the driving force behind this week’s educational initiative – and, ultimately, it is a massive disclaimer so that her magazine can keep on producing exactly what it has done all along.' Photograph: Rex FeaturesPhotograph: Rex Features'Alexandra Shulman is the driving force behind this week’s educational initiative – and, ultimately, it is a massive disclaimer so that her magazine can keep on producing exactly what it has done all along.' Photograph: Rex FeaturesHolly Baxter2013-09-05T15:30:00ZChristmas nativity plays – the importance of being Maryhttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2012/dec/18/christmas-nativity-plays-mary
It is the star part that bestows glory on the chosen one. And as we Marys – and never-Marys – know, the consequences of nativity-play casting can stay with you for life, writes <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/samira-ahmed">Samira Ahmed</a><p>"I was always the sort of child who got picked on to DO things, you know?" recalls <a href="http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0059084/" title="">Julie Christie's Darling</a>, in the 1965 film, alongside images of her as a six-year-old Mary in the school nativity play. It's the start of a journey to superstardom as a manipulative, petulant but beautiful blonde. The scene captures in film a first lesson that many women get from the school nativity play – that looks and playing up to the boss, not talent, get you on in life.</p><p>Communications officer Alison Charlton says: "As a non-Mary it taught me – at age five – that the power of patronage is arbitrary and tough to challenge." Many adults in their 30s and 40s recall a pre-multicultural casting rule: "At my school and Brownies (in rural Essex in the 80s)," remembers homemaker and gardener Alison Gibbs, "you had to be blonde to be Mary or an angel. I was always a shepherd." As for two future freelance writers: "Jewish girls weren't allowed to be Mary," says Lucy Marcovitch. "I always got to read the bloody prayer." Lucy Sweetman says she was cast as "the 'foreign girl', dressed in a belly-dancing outfit, who didn't 'get' Christmas. I was tutored in Christian ways by Angel Gabriel and Santa."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2012/dec/18/christmas-nativity-plays-mary">Continue reading...</a>ChristmasLife and styleChildrenSocietyWomenPrimary schoolsSchoolsEducationTue, 18 Dec 2012 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2012/dec/18/christmas-nativity-plays-maryPhotograph: Larry Lilac / Alamy/AlamyNativity lessons: ‘You had to be blonde to be Mary or an angel.’ Photograph: Larry Lilac/AlamyPhotograph: Larry Lilac / Alamy/AlamyNativity lessons: ‘You had to be blonde to be Mary or an angel.’ Photograph: Larry Lilac/AlamySamira Ahmed2012-12-18T08:00:00ZNadine Dorries and sex education lessons for girlshttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2011/may/04/nadine-dorries-sex-education-lessons
The Conservative MP said her 10-minute bill was 'about giving empowerment to young girls'. It is nothing of the sort<p>Nadine Dorries wants more sex education for girls, but her own understanding seems a little limited. The Conservative MP has won support from parliament for more abstinence lessons for girls. Yes, just girls, who manage to produce Britain's high teenage pregnancy rate all on their own. There's a confusing sex education lesson right there.</p><p>Dorries said her 10-minute bill was "about giving empowerment to young girls". It is nothing of the sort. It is an atavistic move that in effect blames weak-willed, ill-educated teenage girls for many of society's ills. If they could just learn to say no, this former nurse believes we could see an end to too much sex on the telly, porn magazines in newspaper shops and padded bikinis for seven-year-olds as well as the highest teenage pregnancy rates outside America.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2011/may/04/nadine-dorries-sex-education-lessons">Continue reading...</a>WomenLife and styleSex educationSchoolsEducationConservativesPoliticsUK newsNadine DorriesWed, 04 May 2011 18:11:29 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2011/may/04/nadine-dorries-sex-education-lessonsPhotograph: Sam FrostConservative MP Nadine Dorries: 'Society is focused on sex. Teaching a child at the age of seven to apply a condom on a banana is almost saying: now go and try this for yourself.' Photograph: Sam FrostPhotograph: Sam FrostConservative MP Nadine Dorries: 'Society is focused on sex. Teaching a child at the age of seven to apply a condom on a banana is almost saying: now go and try this for yourself.' Photograph: Sam FrostJane Martinson2011-05-04T18:11:29Z